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Benny Russell standing behind Agent carter at a newstand

You can read Agent Carter at a news stand in NYC, buying a copy of country life while Benny Russell looks at Astounding

Sontarans

I recently watched, the Sontaran experiment and the Time Warrior Some general thoughts and then I will talk about both specific episodes. One, Elizabeth Sladen was a fine actress and a credit to the role. Both episodes demonstrate how you can tell good stories on limited budgets. The Sontaran ships. (Large golf balls) look pleasingly Alien. The Time warrior While a historian would weep. The story seems to have been inspired by Ivanhoe There is talk of Saxons its a bit late surely. There is a fine guest star performance by Dot from EastEnders, no stranger to genre TV (June Brown) The Time warrior gives us  a wonderful debut by Elizabeth Sladen, as Sarah Jane Smith Ms Smith  has blagged herself into a secret project, after borrowing her great Aunts  ID, after blundering into the TARDIS. UNIT have sequestered several scientists. As scientists keep vanishing. When Lynx the villain of the piece makes his appearance SJS follows the Dr into the TARDIS. After floundering about f

Happy thanksgiving

Best wishes to my friends in North Carolina, Missouri, Colorado, Michigan Enjoy the day

Leonard Cohen

Musician 1934-2016

Robert Vaughan

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Fifth Doctor episodes

Terminus, An interesting idea, King Kong on Molokai in Space. Space pirates wearing white cloaks and fab eighties big hair. Land on an inter galactic leper colony. The armour of the guards reminded me of Roman uniforms. We see Nyssa in her slip, and preparing an enzyme in her bedroom The guard, at the beginning of the episode who wandered into the Forbidden Zone  looks like Martin from Green wing The Black Orchid. I did not dislike this one, as a period piece it works well enough. Remembering the distance in time between 1924-1984 is not an entire lifetime. Remember that there is nothing so remote as the recent past. Tegan dances with the chief constable to save JNT from paying an extra. Tegan drinks a screwdriver (I was under the impression that screwdrivers were a product of the 1950s. American engineers in Turkey mixing orange juice and vodka Basil Faulty needs its explained in his show) If anything I thought it would be interesting if, they had spun out events after the Dr is